China Aid Itself Tracked Against Greece Turkey Aid Levels
Washington reports U S military aid to China trails Greece and Turkey by roughly two to one. Since the Truman doctrine to keep anti communist nations free, China has received about 63 million in equipment in 18 months while Greece and Turkey have seen 230 million. Mme Chiang Kai shek seeks greater help and a 1 billion annual program over three years, dwarfed by a proposed China fund. Deliveries total about 25 million with 16.8 million later arms shipments and 45 million in surplus purchases including captured Japanese ammo.
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Rita Hayworth denies studio on duty report
Rita Hayworth said a script offered last Thursday did not fit her and would be detrimental. She claimed she was suspended after refusing to report for the movie Lona Hanson in Nogales Arizona, as Columbia Pictures announced production was halted while she was away touring Mexico City and Havana with Aly Khan.
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Elizabeth's Baby Goes for Airing in Palace Garden
Princess Elizabeth's three week old son rolled in the palace garden in a nurse driven carriage during a mild December outing. The event marks his first taste of the outside world while Queen Elizabeth remained indoors.
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Weather forecast: clear tonight and Tuesday
Nighttime skies will be mostly clear with some cloudiness in the far south. Temperatures drop tonight especially in the extreme east as conditions become colder tomorrow.
Blockaded Berliners' Vote a Slap at Reds
Western Berliners turnout at the three western sectors city elections showed 1,330,820 votes cast with 86.2 percent of eligible voters voting. Socialists led with 64.5 percent, followed by Christian Democrats and Liberal Democrats, amid East-West cold war tensions and Soviet occupation.
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California quake not a major one
Palm Springs suffered the worst impact from the latest shake in Southern California with two broken legs reported. Dr. Charles Richter of Caltech said the Saturday quake was not a major event and estimated its intensity at less than one percent of the 1906 San Francisco quake.
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Wailing Daughter Thwarts Car Thief in San Francisco
A 13 month old girl protected by her mother in a car theft incident in San Francisco. The thief later phoned police to say he would abandon the stolen car in San Bruno unaware the baby was inside. He admitted the act and asked officers to respond quickly as the infant cried.
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Blizzard Strikes Iowa and West With Ice Laden Highways
A winter storm blanketed Iowa and parts of the West with ice and snow. Roads iced over across the state, especially north of a Des Moines to Dubuque line, causing traffic delays and several route closures. Two bus crashes claimed lives and injured 61. further heavy winds and frigid temperatures spread from Illinois to Nebraska amid travel disruption.
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U S High Court Will Hear Two Japanese Officials' Pleas
The U S Supreme Court voted 5 to 4 to hear appeals from wartime Japanese officials General Kenji Dohihara and Koki Hirota challenging trials by the International Military Tribunal at Tokyo. Justice Jackson outlined the agreed ruling with Justices Black Douglas Murphy and Rutledge. MacArthur had deferred execution of the condemned and five others, including Hideki Tojo, pending the court action.
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Decorah Race: Young Men Best Grandfather's Stride by Minutes
In Decorah Iowa Carl Aschim and Walter Hovey, both 22 and 23, carried 60 pound wheat sacks and beat Mayor Baker's grandfather by 15 minutes in a 96 and 1/10 mile trek from Conover to Decorah. They finished in one hour and 40 minutes while the mayor's ancestor did it in one hour and 55 minutes in bad weather.
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Shops Here Open Wednesday Nights
The Atlantic Chamber of Commerce announced that business houses will stay open each Wednesday evening until Christmas. Stores will close early on Christmas Eve and Santa Claus will visit the city park castle on Saturday December 18 from 1:30 to 2:00 PM to greet children and hand out treats.
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War brides flee Munich to beat December deadline airlift
German war brides and their children begin an airbridge from Munich to the United States. Two Skymaster transports carried 94 brides and children as more than 8,000 spouses and families of American veterans race to fly before the December 28 deadline under the alien spouse act.
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Rites Wednesday for Pfc Harland Muller Griswold
Rites are set for Pfc Harland M Muller of Noble Township with remains arriving at Rock Island station at 10 26 Wednesday. Services follow at St John s Evangelical and Reformed Church at 2 30 led by Rev Harold Zoeller. Interment in church cemetery. Griswold American Legion to render military honors. Surviving parents two brothers Everett and Kenneth Muller and sister in Griswold. No flowers requested.
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Cass County Selectees to Report December 16
Four Cass county selectees who passed physicals in Omaha will report there December 16 in the second draft under the new selective service act. Inductees listed are Charles Mortensen Anita Richard D Nichols Atlantic Glen J Wetrich Lewis and Donald Petty Griswold. The Cass office has no report on seven others sent to Omaha Thursday.
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Red forces encircle nationalist Suchow garrison near Nanking
Chinese communist radio reports an air tight encirclement of the Suchow garrison of about 110,000 troops in the 16th 13th and Second army groups. Government forces retreat toward the Nanking region as 125,000 Communist troops mass to block their path. The fate of Chiang Kai-shek’s government hinges on battles 100 to 200 miles northwest of Nanking.
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Egan Telegraphed Firm Head Dies at 62
Joseph L. Egan, president of Western Union Telegraph Co., died of a heart attack in Monte Carlo at age 62. Egan became president in 1945 after serving as vice president in charge of public relations since 1939, and joined Western Union in 1912. He led negotiations for Postal Telegraph acquisition in 1943.
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Senator Gurney Arrested on Speeding Charge
U S Senator John Chandler Gurney of South Dakota was arrested for reckless driving near Taft Muskogee county after clocking a 90 mph car. He was released on $75 bond Sunday and left Muskogee en route to South Dakota.
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Lost boy found buried beneath building after storm
David Berry ten year old missing from a Revere Missouri farm home was feared lost. Late last night his parents Harold and Mrs Berry found his crushed body beneath a building they had raised after it was blown over in the recent storm.
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